Capetaby Masahito Soda (Firefighter Daigo, Subaru) N° of volumes: 16+ (I want to start at v11, where the anime diverged from the manga, afterwards possibly do the early volumes too) Genre: Comedy, Shounen, Drama Subject: Autosports Furigana: yes In search for a Japanese translator with solid English skills as well.
Subaruby Masahito Soda (Firefighter Daigo, Capeta) N° of volumes: 11 (+ ongoing sequel) Genre: Seinen, Drama Subject: Ballet Furigana: no In search for a Japanese or French translator with solid English skills as well.
Rokudenashi Bluesby Masanori Morita (Rookies) N° of volumes: 42 (I want to start at volume 4, chapter 33, where proper scanlations ceased to exist) Genre: Comedy, Shounen, School Life Subject: Delinquents, Gang Warfare, Boxing Furigana: yes In search for a Japanese or French translator with solid English skills as well. My aim isn't to get all of it done per sé, I just want to kickstart it and see where we get. Being as lengthy as it is.
Tsurumoku Dokushin Ryouby Kubonouchi Eisaku (Cherry, Chocolat) N° of volumes: 11 Genre: Comedy, Seinen, Romance Subject: Relationships Furigana: no In search for a Japanese translator with solid English skills as well.
These are projects I am interested in doing. I have raws for TDR and Capeta, and I can most likely get books for the other ones, and scan them myself. Editing isn't an issue either; all these need is a commited translator. So holla @ bbpp@telenet.be if you can help in any way. It might help keep KEFI alive beyond our current projects.
Time for celebrations: We are halfway through The World Is Mine! Our first release was on June 3, 2007. Roughly 10 months later we are already releasing volume 7!!! A lot has happened in the meantime: we changed editors, our beloved translator had to leave due to work but luckily we found another dedicated translator! For now I think we managed to get a team together that cooperates smoothly and delivers more than anything: On to the next 7 volumes! Our road may be long but in the end the journey is our destination.
Anywayz, feel free to come and thank us now and then, 'cause I know that the TWIM fan community is growing in numbers by the day. And every word of thanks is like a giant motivation for us all So without further ado, we bring you:
If that doesn't satisfy your TWIM thirst, then I don't know what will... And please don't ask for Higumadon porn or Toshi-mon yaoi, you pervs.^^
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But wait!
...That's not all! There's even some more seinen for you guys KEFI is not only the home of TWIM but also that of PingPong and Piano no Mori! Two other great seinen series! Thanks to the hard work of the clicky pen, barbapapa and our friends at Entropy we bring you:
2 chapters of the worlds most fabulous sport: PingPong v05c45 PingPong v05c46 The end is in sight! Only 9 more chapters to go!
So here's the story: not too many a week ago, a series called Double Arts started in Weekly Jump. Now, sceptical as I always am, I thought it would bomb instantly, like so many before it. But to my surprise, it actually turned out to be one of the most refreshing shounen manga I've read in the magazine since Sket Dance last year. Snooping around on MangaHelpers for pray, I learned that kirimi was interested in translating said mangaka's prior one-shots. I remembered one of these that was published in Akamaru Jump; a charming little story about a pictoresque island surrounded by a huge wall, called island. Figuring the raw looked shockingly workable (I suppose Akamaru Jump paper is quite the step up from WJ), I decided to reserve its translation for an old school KEFI throwback to our shounen days. Not that those are already that far in the past, but we've definitely moved on to more meriting waters.
Either way, after an afternoon of hard work, and a good night's sleep, I present to you: Naoshi Komi's island.
I'm not a huge fan of one-shots myself; they're a good way to try out things, but more often than not the story jumps all over the place, due to a lack of pages. Or you're left simply wanting more. This one only really suffers from the second ailment; but I still have to say, compared to other one-shots, it's a really nicely crafted package that gives you insight to a post-apocalyptic world. Shounen-wise, it's without a doubt one of (if not) thé best one-shots I've read. And if you end up liking this, but are still freaking out to read more, check out Kimi no Kakera at Mangascreener. It's by Shin Takahashi, and the story set-up is pretty similar to island.
I guess that's it. Seinen crowd, look out for more TWIM and Ping Pong soon-ish. Thugz 4 lyfe.
Only a few days after the last release, we have more The World is Mine goodness ready for you. Yes, we're being bastards and releasing this in relatively small batches. But deal with it. They're awesome, mind-blowing, Higumadon-tastic chapters. Read them.
Think about it, do you really want more rampaging psychokillers, more senior hunters with perverted gay sidekicks, more corrupting politicians and more immensely huge bear-god ??
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